We came up with “Give-Education” as a way to support the great work of K-12 education. Alumni Nations works with schools and districts in every corner of the United States.  We are encouraging K-12 alumni and their communities to come together virtually this year to help raise funds to set their schools up for success in the upcoming years.  This is the only national event of its kind and we are excited to engage all communities to support the K-12 education system.  

On Thursday, March 4th, 2027, Alumni Nations will host a 24-hour giving event encouraging charitable donations through our online giving platform give-education.com.

Alumni Nations will provide toolkits, training sessions, outreach support, mass media and social media coverage to make it easy for all nonprofits to participate. Each participating organization will have an individualized web page to promote their cause. This web page can also be used for year-round online fundraising.

Individuals will be able to donate money to the nonprofit organizations of their choice beginning on February 4th, 2027 with the main event day on March 4th, 2027. All donations are tax deductible and irrevocable (donations will not be refunded). Donors will receive a receipt for their gift. The nonprofit will receive contact information for each donor.

Alumni Nations is the leader in K-12 alumni engagement. Alumni Nations is a trusted partner of K-12 schools, districts, and education foundations with the goal to help energize and engage alumni and the greater community, positioning schools as the foundation of strong neighborhoods, work forces and communities.

The minimum donation for Give-Education is $10. There is no maximum donation limit.

All education-focused nonprofits with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status or a school with a NCES code are eligible to participate in Give-Education.

• Raise funds for your organization

• Educate the public about your cause

• Find and cultivate new donors through the national conversation surrounding the day: media, advertisements, social media

• Activate your supporters to advocate and leverage their networks on your behalf

• Reinvigorate lapsed donors

• Convert check-writing donors to online donors

• Kick off your end of year fundraising campaign early

• Register for Give-Education Day!

• Create a fundraising page for your organization using the Give-Education site.

• Access the nonprofit toolkit and attend training sessions for additional support.

• Broadcast your fundraising message using existing communication networks.

• Secure matching gifts and prizes to entice donors to your group.

• Recruit individuals to be supporters for your organization.

• Think outside the box, be engaged and have fun!

Visit our Give-Education Day platform (https://www.give-education.com/) and click on My Fundraiser.  When you click on your organization, you will see a share option to copy a direct link to your fundraiser so you can paste this direct link in your main website and all social media channels. 

You can also click in the "Invite" icon to send an invitation.  Send to yourself and then forward to all your contacts.

During the Give-Education event, please make sure to share your Give-Education page direct URL so all donations get counted towards the Give-Education overall goal. 

Some Give-Education organizations participate in multiple giving events during the year and may be familiar with using other platform page URLs. Please be sure to double check that all your links in your social media posts, newsletters, emails and anywhere else are updated with your 2027 Give-Education page link.

Please be sure to remind any of your campaigning peer-to-peer (P2P) supporters to also use your Give-Education direct URL and the "Invite" button to share with others. 

If you are already listed on give-education.com, you don't need to do anything except make sure your nonprofit's profile and page is updated and motivating. If your nonprofit is not listed on give-education.com when you do a search, please make sure you register to be included. 

Online donations can be made via credit card, debit card and bank account (ACH).

Donors will have the option of submitting payment through their bank account. This could save the donor and/or the benefiting organization on transaction fees.

For donors that give via credit card, an optional 3% transaction fee can be included to help cover a portion of the processing fee.

Donors also have the option to send a check to your organization, although recommended to use an eCheck/ACH for immediate reflection.  Nonetheless, if physical checks are received, contact Alumni Nations so it is included in your overall organization fundraising totals and the giving event. 

Electronic dispersals happen twice per month on a consistent schedule.

Drawing winners will receive prize money separately from disbursements.

Organizations that have registered on Give-education.com will receive an email notification for every donation in real-time.

In addition, they can track donations by visiting their fundraiser in the Give-Education site.

There is also a donors leaderboard displaying who gave.  

Registered organizations can download a donations report at any time by loging into the Give-Education site, clicking on "My Fundraiser" and exporting donors in an .XLS file.

No, donors will automatically receive a receipt for every donation made. However, we do encourage designated charities to send a thank you note to their donors letting them know how awesome they are!

Congratulations to our 2026 Prize Winners!

• $500 Breakfast Prize Drawing 1 - Morris Educational Foundation
• $500 Breakfast Prize Drawing 2 - DeWitt Public Schools Foundation
• $500 Lunch Prize Drawing 1 - Albuquerque Public Schools Education Foundation
• $500 Lunch Prize Drawing 2 - Educate Fairfax
• $500 Dinner Prize Drawing 1 - WFISD Foundation Inc.
• $500 Dinner Prize Drawing 2 - Farmington-Farmington Hills Education Foundation
• $500 Late Night Snack Prize Drawing 1 - Indian Valley Education Foundation
• $500 Late Night Snack Prize Drawing 2 - Forest City Education Foundation